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WAXWINGS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



Eight Waxwings {BombyciUa garriihis) were seen by Mr. 

 and Mrs. James of Evistones, near Otter burn, Northumber- 

 land, during the last week in November, 1921. A considerable 

 flock, over a score, arri\^ed at Cley, Norfolk, about December 

 1st, and after clearing off the berries, which are few this 

 year, in the grounds at Wiverton Hall moved on, two having 

 been shot. At the same time many arrived at Hunstanton, 

 and during the first week of December four were seen at 

 Southwold, Suffolk, by Mr. H. M. Hart-Smith. 



Clifford Borrfr. 



On December i5tb, 1921, I saw a Waxwing at Bedford, 

 and the following day there was a pair v/hich remained about 

 most of the day, but have not been seen since. On both days 

 they were feeding upon the berries of rose trees, and were 

 perching on the trellis-work on which the rambler rose grew. 

 Neither were at all alarmed by m^^ approach nor shy of 

 observation. Helen M. Rait Kerr. 



An adult male Waxwing was shot near Ross-on-Wye, 

 Hereford, on November 22nd, 1921 and one was seen at 

 Church Stretton, Shropshire, on January 7th, 1922. 



H. E. Forrest. 



[Mr. W. J. Clarke mentions {Nat., 1922, p. 17} a number 

 on the Yorkshire coast between November 14th and 28th, 

 as many as twenty being seen on the 23rd near Scarborough. 

 Mr. A. J. Campbell Colquhoun noticed four in his garden at 

 Crieff, Perthshire, on November i6th and 17th {Field, 

 December 3, 1921, p. 724). In the same journal (January 7, 

 1922, p. 26) Lieut .-Colonel H. M. Hardcastle recorded two 

 near Uppingham.] 



LESSER WHITETHROAT BREEDING IN ARGYLL. 

 In 1921, at least one pair of Lesser WTiitethroats {Sylvia c. 

 curruca) nested in the Inverary district of Loch Fyne. The 

 nest was ])laced amongst dense undergrowth close to the 

 public highway, the young were fledged about the middle of 

 June and immediately took up their quarters amongst the 

 foliage of a large plane tree. The old birds when " scolding " 

 came to very close quarters and were easily identified. , The 

 " scolding " note is quite distinct from that of the Common 

 Whitethroat (S. c. communis). A few pairs of Blackcaps 

 (S. a. atncapilla) also nested on this side of the Loch, while 

 on the eastern side Gar den- War biers (5. borin) and Common 

 Whitethroats were plentiful. W. Stewart. 



